tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post5857231118212368658..comments2024-03-19T08:42:45.690-04:00Comments on The Delaware Libertarian: Speaking of violent societies...Steven H. Newtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09097470960863103473noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-3743695713753081582013-01-06T07:17:47.332-05:002013-01-06T07:17:47.332-05:00Dana, I merely wanted to demonstrate that poverty ...Dana, I merely wanted to demonstrate that poverty is a major factor. It does not trump culture - and it's not just women in India that get treated poorly -- but the reverse is not true either. Thus, more complicated.NCSDadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-75805928318996363812013-01-05T21:25:40.896-05:002013-01-05T21:25:40.896-05:00NCSDad, I read the article you posted a link to an...NCSDad, I read the article you posted a link to and, if anything, I think it reinforces my view that the longstanding, theologically-driven view of the innate inferiority of women have had social consequences that lead to a rape culture in India. In the article reasons 1,3,4,6,7,9,10 are arguable manifestations of the point.Dana Garrettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-27703349507522478852013-01-01T10:41:23.809-05:002013-01-01T10:41:23.809-05:00https://mobile.twitter.com/bintbattuta/status/2860...https://mobile.twitter.com/bintbattuta/status/286022808599949312/photo/1<br />Bureaucrat Today magazine in India<br />Just for general interest.NCSDadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-36663678932945022712012-12-31T19:04:32.411-05:002012-12-31T19:04:32.411-05:00And maybe it's more complicated than that Dana...And maybe it's more complicated than that Dana. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2012/12/29/india-rape-victim-dies-sexual-violence-proble/NCSDadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-3924165347818878832012-12-31T16:16:58.613-05:002012-12-31T16:16:58.613-05:00From my study of Hinduism, women are considered to...From my study of Hinduism, women are considered to be inferior to men because to be reincarnated as a woman is considered to be a punishment for some past life transgression(s). So hardship is considered something that is coming to women. And the maltreatment of women in Islam goes without saying. Dana Garrettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-53620890933557279232012-12-31T09:51:40.576-05:002012-12-31T09:51:40.576-05:00Just as an example for those unfamiliar with Bolly...Just as an example for those unfamiliar with Bollywood.....<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdyC1BrQd6gkavipshttp://kavips.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-33139396755363864162012-12-31T09:49:35.539-05:002012-12-31T09:49:35.539-05:00Ahhh, but with India there is a correlation....
W...Ahhh, but with India there is a correlation....<br /><br />We have Hollywood.<br />They have Bollywood.<br /><br />Hmmm. Something to think about.kavipshttp://kavips.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-88273768917110679492012-12-31T09:46:26.674-05:002012-12-31T09:46:26.674-05:00As your post below this one shows, Yemen is also m...As your post below this one shows, Yemen is also more violent than the US.kavipshttp://kavips.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-56542033427232520292012-12-31T08:13:35.452-05:002012-12-31T08:13:35.452-05:00Using statistics on crime in India is a fools erra...Using statistics on crime in India is a fools errand. Reporting levels are so low as to be meaningless. Bureaucrats openly manipulate the data further to suit their ends. It's an amazingly cruel place for many of the citizens. Change is coming only slowly.NCSDadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-14867513208851978912012-12-30T21:47:24.579-05:002012-12-30T21:47:24.579-05:00"Yet these [gun]restrictions have not, appare...<br /><i>"Yet these [gun]restrictions have not, apparently, made India a less violent place--and not just in terms of women:"</i><br /><br /><i>"...whereas murder has increased by 231% (from 9,803 in 1953 to 32,481 in 2006)."</i><br /><br />The population of India over the narrower time period of 1961 to 2003 has increased over 235%. <br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:India-demography.png<br /><br />If anything, India's increase in murders over the past 50-60 years has not kept pace with the population increase.<br /><br />delacratnoreply@blogger.com